#FCDE77#FCDE77

#FCDE77 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.127 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCDE77
RGB	rgb(252, 222, 119)
HSL	hsl(46, 96%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(46, 53%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 52.8%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.05, -2.14, 53.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.05, 53.80, 92.28°)
OKLab	oklab(90.5% -0.0077 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(90.5% 0.127 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.5985, 74.2731, 28.1193)
Luminance	0.7427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCDE77 #7795FC

analogous

#FC9B77 #FCDE77 #D8FC77

triadic

#FCDE77 #77FCDE #DE77FC

tetradic

#FCDE77 #77FC9B #7795FC #FC77D8

square

#FCDE77 #77FC9B #7795FC #FC77D8

split-complementary

#FCDE77 #77D8FC #9B77FC

monochromatic

#F3BE05 #FBCF3B #FCDE77 #FDEDB3 #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#FCDE77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.85

#FCDE77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCDE77

15.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCDE77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCDE77	1.00	1.32	15.85	15.85
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E47B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcde77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 222, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.127 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe8a0',
    500: '#fcde77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcde77;
$custom-light: #ffe8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcde77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.466,
    "s": 95.683,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90495,
    "c": 0.1272,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCDE77

secondary

#3E61D9

accent

#34E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCDE77

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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